Crosses

Although the symbol itself is pre-christian, relics of old stone crosses that scatter Britain, generally relate to a period in history when the christian cult was sweeping the landscape and afflicting the lives of indigenous people.  The archaeological stone crosses that remain tended to be positioned where earlier heathen sites were found – and as a result of this, it’s important to include them on TNA as relics marking an attempt to alter human animistic relationships with the land, to an increasingly desacralized one.  These stone relics took various forms, each relating to the function of the site it meant to supplant or impress: market crosses, boundary crosses, village crosses, wayside crosses, etc.

CROSSES:  Bibliography & References

  1. Abel Cross, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire
  2. Acrehowe Cross, Baildon Moor, West Yorkshire
  3. Adam’s Cross, Saddleworth Moor, Lancashire
  4. Adamnan’s Cross, Camusvrachan, Glen Lyon, Perthshire
  5. Annel Cross, Twiston, Lancashire
  6. Annot Cross, Lane Bottom, Brierfield, Lancashire
  7. Apeland Cross, Hedon, East Yorkshire
  8. Atis Cross, Flint, Flintshire
  9. Banbury Cross, Banbury, Oxfordshire
  10. Barley Cross, Richmond, North Yorkshire
  11. Barton Cross, Barton, Lancashire
  12. Bingley Cross, West Yorkshire
  13. Black Knoll Cross, Morton Moor, West Yorkshire
  14. Blacko Cross, Barrowford, Lancashire
  15. Boskenna Cross, St. Buryan, Cornwall
  16. Bradshaw Cross, Nether Wyresdale, Lancashire
  17. Bread Cross, Banbury, Oxfordshire
  18. Broken Cross, Westminster, London, Middlesex
  19. Butt Yeats Cross, Hornby, Lancashire
  20. Butter Cross, Richmond, North Yorkshire
  21. Byrnand Hall Cross, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire
  22. Catshaw Cross, Thurlstone, South Yorkshire
  23. Church Cross, Newchurch-in-Pendle, Lancashire
  24. Churchyard Cross, Hornsea – East Yorkshire
  25. Churchyard Cross, Lower Dowdeswell, Gloucestershire
  26. Churchyard Cross, Prestbury, Lancashire
  27. Churchyard Cross, St. Briavel’s, Gloucestershire
  28. Coombe Hill Cross, Wycoller, Lancashire
  29. Corwen, Denbighshire, Wales
  30. Cow Cross, Finsbury, London, Middlesex
  31. Cow and Calf Stones, East Bierley, West Yorkshire
  32. Cowcliffe Cross, Fartown, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
  33. Cowper’s Cross, Ilkley Moor, West Yorkshire
  34. The Cross, Gussage All Saints, Dorset
  35. Cross Gates Cross, Slaidburn, Lancashire
  36. Crowan, Kerrier, Cornwall
  37. Curwen Hall Cross, Hornby, Lancashire
  38. Dawes Cross, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
  39. Deighton Cross, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
  40. Dull, Aberfeldy, Perthshire
  41. Duncroisk Crosses Stone, Glen Lochay, Killin, Perthshire
  42. Dyke Nook Cross, Clitheroe, Lancashire
  43. East Riddlesden, Keighley, West Yorkshire
  44. Eastwoods Cross Base, Summerbridge , North Yorkshire
  45. Eaves Green Cross, Goosnargh, Lancashire
  46. Emmott Cross, Colne, Lancashire
  47. Exley Head Cross, Keighley, West Yorkshire
  48. Eyam Cross, Eyam, Derbyshire
  49. Fairy Hill Cross, Rishworth Moor, West Yorkshire
  50. Fearby Cross, Masham, North Yorkshire
  51. Foldys Cross, Towneley, Burnley, Lancashire
  52. Golcar Cross, West Yorkshire
  53. Great Puddingstone Cross, Harrogate, North Yorkshire
  54. Greystone Cross, Blacko, Barrowford, Lancashire
  55. Grimeford Cross, Adlington, Lancashire
  56. Handsome Cross, High Bradfield, South Yorkshire
  57. Hangman’s Bank, Preston, Lancashire
  58. Hawk Hill, Alloa, Clackmannanshire
  59. Headless Cross, Grimeford, Adlington, Lancashire – see Grimeford Cross
  60. Hebden Wood Cross, Slack, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire
  61. Herders Cross, Wycoller, Lancashire
  62. High Cross, Aberford, West Yorkshire
  63. High Cross, Elkstone, Gloucestershire
  64. High Cross, Shrewsbury, Shropshire
  65. High Cross, Tottenham, London, Middlesex
  66. Hill Chapel Cross, Goosnargh, Lancashire
  67. Idol Cross, Cornholme – see Mount Cross
  68. Ilkley Crosses, West Yorkshire
  69. Keighley Cross, West Yorkshire – see Market Cross, Keighley
  70. Kilnsea Cross, Hedon, East Yorkshire
  71. Laycock Cross, Keighley, West Yorkshire
  72. Lilla Cross, Fylingdales Moor, North Yorkshire
  73. Lytham Cross, Lytham, Lancashire
  74. Maen Achwyfan, Whitford, Flintshire 
  75. Maiden or Tailor’s Cross, Foulridge, Lancashire
  76. Market Cross, Aynho, Northamptonshire
  77. Market Cross, Baildon, West Yorkshire
  78. Market Cross, Bradford, West Yorkshire
  79. Market Cross, Glanton, Northumberland
  80. Market Cross, Glastonbury, Somerset
  81. Market Cross, Halesowen, Worcestershire
  82. Market Cross, Harewood, West Yorkshire
  83. Market Cross, Hastings, Sussex
  84. Market Cross, Hedon, East Yorkshire
  85. Market Cross, Highburton, West Yorkshire
  86. Market Cross, Kincardine, Fife
  87. Market Cross, Keighley, West Yorkshire
  88. Market Cross, Lechlade-on-Thames, Gloucestershire
  89. Market Cross, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire
  90. Market Cross, Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire
  91. Market Cross, Richmond, North Yorkshire
  92. Market Cross, Skipton, North Yorkshire
  93. Market Cross, Thornton-le-Dale, North Yorkshire
  94. Marsden Heights Cross, Nelson, Lancashire
  95. Marsh Cross, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
  96. Maudlin Cross, Hedon, East Yorkshire
  97. Mercat Cross, Alloa – see Town Cross
  98. Mercat Cross, Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire
  99. Mercat Cross, Doune, Stirlingshire
  100. Mercat Cross, Stirling, Stirlingshire
  101. Mitton Church Cross, Great Mitton, Lancashire
  102. Mitton Green, Great Mitton, Lancashire
  103. Mount Cross, Cornholme, West Yorkshire
  104. Netherurd Mains, Kirkurd, Peeblesshire
  105. Nick o’ Pendle Cross, Sabden, Lancashire
  106. Oat Cross, Richmond, North Yorkshire
  107. Old Market Cross, Sedbergh, Cumbria
  108. Oxenhope Cross, West Yorkshire
  109. Pendle Cross, Newchurch-in-Pendle, Lancashire
  110. Pillar of Eliseg, Pentrefelin, Llangollen, Denbighshire
  111. Plague Stone, Adel, Leeds, West Yorkshire
  112. Port Cross, Port of Menteith, Stirlingshire
  113. Ralph’s Cross, Westerdale Moor, North Yorkshire
  114. Ratten Clough Cross, Emmott Moor, Lancashire
  115. Reap’s Cross, Heptonstall Moor, West Yorkshire
  116. Reva Hill, Hawksworth, West Yorkshire
  117. Rocester Church Cross, Staffordshire
  118. St. Andrew’s Cross, Dunfermline, Fife
  119. St. Fumack’s Cross, Botriphnie, Banffshire
  120. St. James Church, Burton-in-Kendal, Cumbria
  121. St. James’ Cross, Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire
  122. St. Paul’s Cross, London, Middlesex
  123. St. Peter’s Cross, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
  124. Salford Cross, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
  125. Sepulchre Cross, Hedon, East Yorkshire
  126. Shay Cross, Wiswell, Lancashire
  127. Slaithwaite Cross, West Yorkshire
  128. Stob Cross, Markinch, Fife
  129. Stockham Cross, Hedon, East Yorkshire
  130. Strand Cross, Westminster, London, Middlesex
  131. Stump Cross, Goosnargh, Lancashire
  132. Stump Cross, Haworth, West Yorkshire
  133. Stump’s Cross, Temple Guiting, Gloucestershire
  134. Swastika Stone, Kirkurd – see Netherurd Mains, Peeblesshire
  135. Swinden Cross, Foulridge, Colne, Lancashire
  136. Thursday Market Cross, York, North Yorkshire
  137. Tom Cross, Colne, Lancashire
  138. Tom Cross, Laneshaw Bridge, Lancashire
  139. Town Cross, Alloa, Clackmannanshire
  140. Town Cross, Kendal, Westmorland
  141. Twiers Cross, Hedon, East Yorkshire
  142. Upper Cross, Newchurch-in-Pendle, Lancashire
  143. Village Cross, Deerhurst, Gloucestershire
  144. Village Cross, Leighterton, Gloucestershire
  145. Village Cross, Powerstock, Dorset
  146. Water Sheddles Cross, Oakworth Moor, West Yorkshire
  147. Wayside Cross, Hornsea, East Yorkshire
  148. Whalley Crosses, Lancashire
  149. Wheat Cross, Richmond, North Yorkshire
  150. White Cross, Banbury, Oxfordshire
  151. Withgill Cross, Great Mitton, Lancashire